walking out

Verb

walk out (third-person singular simple present walks out, present participle walking out, simple past and past participle walked out)

1. (intransitive, labour) To stage a walkout or strike.
   • Postal workers are set to walk out tomorrow if contract negotiations fail.

   Synonyms:

   strike, go on strike, walk off the job, walk

2. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
3. (dated, intransitive) To go out with; to be romantically involved.
   • The maidservant has been walking out with the butcher’s man.

   Synonyms:

   date, go out, see

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To go for a walk outdoors; to go out.
   • [The Umbrella] kept off the Sun so effectually, that I could walk out in the hottest of the Weather with greater Advantage than I could before in the coolest, and when I had no need of it, cou’d close it and carry it under my Arm.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 160
5. (transitive) To accompany (someone) as they leave a house or other building.
6. (transitive) To continue or persist in carrying (something) out or following through (with something); to persevere.
   • Too many of us want to believe God for a miracle rather than trust him to bring us through. For some situations, healing takes time, and we have just got to walk it out.2013, Linda Mobley, Sold Out: My Journey to a More Intimate Relationship with God

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